6 Movies Directed by David Miller

Saturday's Hero

Saturday's Hero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-09-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (129 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Genres:

DramaSport

Cast:

Writer:

Sidney Buchman (screenplay)

Millard Lampell (novel)

Millard Lampell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

High school football hero Steve Novak finds himself caught up in the world of big-time college athletics at Jackson University in the 1950's. He must balance his desire to get an education with the high expectations of his coach and "benefactor," by whose grace he is attending Jackson. Still applicable today, the movie shows that the problems of college athletics are not just a new phenomenon.

Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2548 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

Writer:

Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay)

Robert Smith (screenplay)

Edna Sherry (novel)

Fullplot:

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a "romantic leading man." On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive? The answer brings on a game of cat and mouse; but who's the cat and who's the mouse?

The Story of Esther Costello

The Story of Esther Costello

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-11-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (469 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Kaufman

Nicholas Monsarrat (novel)

Fullplot:

Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband. Radiant performance by Heather Sears. Based on a book that nearly had Helen Keller's co-workers suing for libel due to perceived parallels between Carlo Landi and the husband of Annie Sullivan.

Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2713 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

Writer:

Ivan Goff (screenplay)

Ben Roberts (screenplay)

Janet Green (play)

Fullplot:

In London, the American futile housewife Katherine "Kit" Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony "Tony" Preston. In a foggy day, while walking in a park, Kit is threatened by a voice that tells that she will be murdered by the end of the month. On the next day, Kit receives a phone call from the stalker and she goes with Tony to the Scotland Yard, but Inspector Byrnes believes that Kit is making-up the story to get more attention from Tony. Kit welcomes her Aunt Bea but only she receives the phone calls. Would Kit be losing her mind?

Lonely Are the Brave

Lonely Are the Brave

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-06-14

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (5360 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Genres:

DramaWestern

Cast:

Writer:

Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)

Edward Abbey (novel)

Fullplot:

In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson with helicopters and jeeps.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-12-25

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1552 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

Writer:

Richard L. Breen (screenplay)

Phoebe Ephron (screenplay)

Henry Ephron (screenplay)

Leo Rosten (novel)

Fullplot:

In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units and combat.

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